Jury Pool Profile

Becker County, Minnesota

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 35,260
Median household income: $71,117
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,380 86.2%
Black or African American alone 293 0.8%
Asian alone 249 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,732 4.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 214 0.6%
Two or more races 2,390 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 665 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

Under 18 8,343 23.7%
18–24 2,485 7.0%
25–44 7,645 21.7%
45–64 8,972 25.4%
65 and over 7,815 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,242
Establishments: 1,140

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,518 29.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,622 17.3%
Manufacturing 2,428 16.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,806 11.9%
Construction 999 6.6%
Public administration 745 4.9%
Professional & business services 703 4.6%
Other services 452 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 383 2.5%
Financial activities 371 2.5%
Information 94 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.8%
Median gross rent: $899
Owner-occupied: 11,207
Renter-occupied: 3,197

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,696 votes cast

Republican 12,961 65.8%
Democratic 6,435 32.7%
Other / third-party 300 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 329 1.0%
Other 319 1.0%
German 110 0.3%
Chinese 67 0.2%
Other Indo-European 64 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 60 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Vietnamese 19 0.1%
Tagalog 16 0.0%
Slavic languages 12 0.0%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,404
Family households: 9,178; 63.7% of households
Married w/ children: 7,476
Single-mother households: 651
Veterans: 2,515; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,153 20.3%
Catholic 5,810 16.5%
Mainline Protestant 5,219 14.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 435 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Court
Judges: 29 (District Court judges per judicial district; counts vintage 2026 mncourts.gov and may shift modestly as the Legislature reallocates seats between districts (Minn. Stat. § 2.724).)
Court seats: Alexandria, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Foley, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Milaca, Moorhead, St. Cloud, Wadena

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Minnesota statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 22.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023